I’ve now been back from Bendigo for five days and I’m still sick. Getting better but not much fun to be around. When I got home I just tossed everything into the sunroom and have only now started unpacking, sorting and labelling the yarn that came back home with me. Although I…
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Bendigo Sheep Show 2012
The Bendigo Sheep Show was on last weekend. Wool growers, knitters and strange men with coffee vans all congregate at the Bendigo Showgrounds for three days of sheep and wool. Now it’s all over I can recouperate. I mean this literally because I managed to get very sick for the whole three days. Actually, Friday was…
Bamboo Yarn
I have had some very good experiences with bamboo yarn. My favourites so far are Stella 4ply by Naturally and Bamboo 4ply by Cleckheaton. These bamboo yarns have a lustre and drape that is similar to silk and it blocks quite well too. I haven’t had the opportunity to try any bamboo…
Your stash is how big?
We are moving house in two weeks. We didn’t plan to move but the owner of the house we rent wants it back (how dare they?) So the kitty, then man, me and my stash are all moving to Ballan. We pick up the keys to the new place this Saturday and…
Meadow Merino and Markets
Wow that was a busy weekend. I didn’t know I could get so much done.. On Sunday I had a stall at the North Melbourne Market from 10am – 3pm. A really early morning because we had to set up at 9am, and with an hour of travel and last minute preparations…
Yarn Roundup and UFO Update
This afternoon I decided to round up all the escaped balls of yarn. You know the ones, they jump out of your stash and set up colonies under the bed, on the coffee table and – in my case – on the piano. There was actually more than is in the picture….